BENJAMIN MARQUEZ VITA PERSONAL INFORMATION: Home Address: Work Address: 137 South Segoe Road Madison, WI 53705 Department of Political Science 110 North Hall/1050 Bascom Mall University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 53706 (608) 263-2414/263-2389 ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Ph.D., 1983 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, M.A., 1976 The University of Texas at El Paso, TX, B.A., 1975 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison. (Responsibilities: Research and Teaching), 2000 to present. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison. (Responsibilities: Research and Teaching), 1994 to 2000. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison. (Responsibilities: Research and Teaching), 1991 to 1994. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah. (Responsibilities: Research and Teaching), 1986 to 1991. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas. (Responsibilities: Research and Teaching), 1984 to 1986. Instructor, Department of Political Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California. (Responsibilities: Teaching), Academic Year 1983-1984.
PUBLICATIONS Books Democratizing Texas Politics: Race and Party Politics 1945-2002. (University of Texas Press, 2014). Mexican American Organizations and Identity Politics: Choosing Issues Taking Sides. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003). Winner of the 2004 Best Book Award by the Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) Section of the American Political Science Association. LULAC: The Evolution of A Mexican American Political Organization. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993). Power and Politics in A Chicano Barrio: A Study of Mobilization Efforts and Community Power in El Paso. (Lanham: The University Press of America, 1985). Articles In Defense of My People: Alonso Perales and the Moral Construction of Citizenship. In Michael A. Olivas, ed., In Defense of My People : Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals. (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2013). Mexican Americans and Environmental Justice: Change and Continuity in Mexican American Politics. In Diaz, Ralph David and Rodolfo D. Torres eds. Latino Urbanism: The Politics of Planning, Policy, and Redevelopment. (New York University Press, 2012), pp. 163-180. Modern Civil Rights Organizations: Social Movements or Interest Groups? in Loomis, Burdett, ed. Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying. (CQ Press, 2012). La Raza Unida Party in Texas Politics: An Analysis of Racial Appeals and Third Party Voting in the 1972 Texas Gubernatorial Election. with Rodolfo Espino. Ethnic and Racial Studies. (Volume 33, Issue 2 February 2010), pp. 290 312. Immigration Reform: Strategies for Legislative Action. with John F. Witte. The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. (Vol. 7, Issue 3). 2009.
Latino Identity Politics Research: Problems and Opportunities. in Rodolfo Espino, David Leal and Kenneth Meier eds. Latino Politics: Identity, Mobilization and Representation. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007). Bankrolling Mexican American Political Organizations: Corporate and Foundation Sponsorship of Racial Politics. Social Service Review. September 2003. (vol. 77, no. 3), pp. 329-246. Choosing Issues, Choosing Sides: Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Social Movement Organizations. Ethnic and Racial Studies. March 2001. (Vol. 24, No. 2), pp. 218-235. Standing for the Whole: The Industrial Areas Foundation on Identity and Mexican American Politics. Social Service Review. September 2000. (vol. 74, no. 3), pp. 453-473. Representation by Other Means: Mexican American and Puerto Rican Social Movement Organizations. with James Jennings. PS Political Science & Politics. September 2000. (vol. 33, no. 3), pp. 541-546. "The Politics of Environmental Justice in Mexican American Neighborhoods." Capitalism Nature, Socialism. December 1998. (vol. 9, no. 4), pp. 43-65. "The Industrial Areas Foundation and the Mexican American Community in Texas: The Politics of Issue Mobilization." reprinted in F. Chris Garcia, ed. 1997. Pursuing Power: Latinos and the Political System. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press). "Organizing Mexican-American Women in the Garment Industry: La Mujer Obrera." Women and Politics. (vol. 15, no. 1), 1995, pp. 65-87. "The Industrial Areas Foundation and the Mexican American Community in Texas: The Politics of Issue Mobilization," in Paula D. McClain, ed., Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1993), pp. 127-146. "Reconceptualizing Mexican-American Politics." Political Research Quarterly, (vol. 46, no. 3), September 1993, pp. 691-701. "Mexican American Community Development Corporations and the Limits of Directed Capitalism." Economic Development Quarterly. (vol. 7, no. 3), August 1993, pp. 287-295.
"The Problems of Organizational Maintenance and the League of United Latin American Citizens." Social Science Journal, (Vol. 28, No. 2), April 1991, pp. 203-225. "Organizing the Mexican American Community in Texas: The Legacy of Saul Alinsky." Policy Studies Review. (Vol. 9, No. 2), Winter 1990, pp. 355-373. "The American Farm Bureau Federation," "The United Farm Workers Union," and "The Farm Labor Organizing Committee," in Allan J. Cigler and William Browne, eds., Agricultural Interest Groups. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990.) "The Politics of Assimilation and the League of United Latin American Citizens," Western Political Quarterly. (Vol. 42, No. 2), June 1989, pp. 355-375. "The League of United Latin American Citizens and the Politics of Ethnicity," in Roberto E. Villarreal, Norma G. Hernandez, and Howard D. Neighbor, eds., Latino Empowerment: Progress, Problems, and Prospects. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1988), pp. 11-24. "The Politics of Race and Class: The League of United Latin American Citizens in the Post-War Period," Social Science Quarterly. (Vol. 68, No. 1), March 1987, pp. 84-101. "Policy, Conflict, and the Immigration Question: A Review Essay." Policy Studies Journal. (Vol. 5, No. 1), September 1985. Book Reviews and Other Publications Review of Latino Immigrants in the United States. (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2012) by Ronald L. Mize and Grace Pena Delgado. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36:7, 1255-1256. Review of The Tejano Diaspora: Mexican Americanism & Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin, by Marc S. Rodriguez. Left History. 17.1 (2013): 127-128. All for One and One for All: LULAC and the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, Latino Political Organizations, and Mario Obledo, in Gonzalez, Deena J. and Suzanne Oboler eds. 2012 and 2005. Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (New York: Oxford University Press). Review of LULAC: Mexican Americans and National Policy. By Craig A. Kaplowitz. (College Station: Texas A & M Press). Journal of Southern History. (Vol. 72, No. 3), pp. 714-715. August 2006. Review of Racism on Trial. By Ian Haney-Lopez. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press). The Journal of Politics. (vol. 67, No. 1). February 2005, pp. 299-301.
Review of Integral Outsiders: The American Colony in Mexico City, 1876-1911. By William Schell Jr. (Wilmington: Scholarly Resources). International Migration Review. Spring 2003. (Vol. 37, No. 1), pp. 243-245. Review of Race, Police, and the Making of a Political Identity : Mexican Americans and the Los Angeles Police Department, 1900-1945. Edward J. Escobar (Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999). International Migration Review. 2002. (Vol. 35, No. 1), pp. 331-2. Review of Latinos Unidos: From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity. by Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba. (New York: Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999). International Migration Review. Summer 2000. (Vol. 34, no. 2), pp. 572-3. Review of Mexican American Youth Organization: Avant Garde of the Chicano Movement in Texas. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995). By Armando Navarro. American Political Science Review. 90, Summer 1996, pp. 656-7. Review of Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority. (New York: The Free Press). by Richard Skerry, Ethnic and Racial Studies. (vol. 18, no. 2), April 1995. Review of The Politics of Hispanic Education,. by Kenneth J. Meier and Joseph Stewart, Jr., American Political Science Review. (Vol. 86, No. 2), June 1992. Review of Latinos and the Political System, by F. Chris Garcia, ed., The National Political Science Review. (Vol. 3), 1992. Review of Chicano Ethnicity, by Susan E. Keefe and Amado M. Padilla, Social Science Quarterly. (Vol. 70, No. 1), March 1989. Review of The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective, by Alfredo Mirande, Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies., (Vol. 10, No. 3), July 1987. Review of The Politics of San Antonio, ed. by David R. Johnson, et al., Cities: The International Quarterly On Urban Policy, (Vol. 1, No. 6), pp. 624-5, November 1984. Review of Race and Class in the Southwest, by Mario Barrera, The Insurgent Socialist. (Vol. X, No. 2), p. 122, Fall 1980. Chicano Studies Bibliography, (El Paso: University of Texas at El Paso Library Publication, 1975). Works in Progress Lawyers, Philanthropy and the Chicano Movement. (under review)
Legalizing the Chicano Movement: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. MAJOR INTEREST IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Politics Minority Politics Political Sociology COURSES TAUGHT Mexican-American Politics American National Government Politics in Multi Cultural Societies Political Economy of Race Race, Identity, and Politics Latino History and Politics Social Movements and Grassroots Politics GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS: Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Faculty Fellow, UW-Madison Institute for Research in the Humanities, fall 2014. Rockefeller Archive Center Grant-In-Aid, summer 2013. University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School. Summer Research Funding, 2013. Alpha Phi Professor Recognition Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Spring 2011 Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin Housing, Spring 2011 2006 Award for the best paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the American Political Science Association. Presented by the Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) Section of the American Political Science Association. 2004 Best Book Award for Mexican American Organizations and Identity Politics: Choosing Issues Taking Sides. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003). Presented by the Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) Section of the American Political Science Association. Moody Grant. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, 2004
Franklin Research Grant. American Philosophical Society, 2004. Award for best paper presented on Chicanos at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting 1994, Albuquerque, New Mexico. University of Utah Humanities Center Fellowship, 1991-92 (declined). National Science Foundation research grant (#RII-9012533), 1990-91. Faculty Research Fellow, University of Utah, 1988, 1990. Summer Study Grant, Inter-University for Political and Social Research Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987. Travel to Collections Grant, the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1985. Award for best paper presented on Chicanos presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada. Summer Research Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1984. PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS: Lawyers, Foundations and the Chicano Movement: Building the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Presented at Latinos, the Voting Rights Act and Political Engagement Conference, November 12 & 13, 2015. Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin. Legalizing a Social Movement: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the Evolution of an Ethnic Identity. Presented at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. University of Wisconsin Madison. October 6, 2014. In Defense of My People: Alonso Perales and the Moral Construction of Citizenship. Presented at Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals. University of Houston. January 13, 2012. The Color of Representation: The Mexican American Democrats (MAD) Integrate Texas Politics. Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts August 28-31, 2008. Cooptation of the Willing: Mexican American Democrats in Texas 1960 1975. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois, August 30 - September 2, 2007, Hyatt Regency and Sheraton Chicago, Illinois. Identity Politics Field Research: Problems and Prospects. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 30 - September 2, 2007, Hyatt Regency and Sheraton Chicago, Illinois. The Power of Identity: Mexican American Liberals Break the Color Line in Texas Politics, 1950 1970. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 31 September 3, 2006, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mexican Americans, Electoral Politics and Race in Texas, 1950-1970. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 20-23, 2006, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Mexican American Veterans and the Texas Democratic Party: The World War II Generation Breaks the Color Line. U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project. 3 rd National Symposium: World War II & Latina/o Cultural Citizenship. University of Texas, Austin. March 25, 2006. (Invited Presentation). Race, Identity, and the Triumph of Mexican American Liberals in Texas Politics. Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, Marriott Hotel-Wardman Park, September 1 - September 4, 2005. Race, Identity and the Rise of Mexican American Activism in Texas Electoral Politics, 1960 to 1980. Latino Law Students Association. University of Chicago. April 13, 2005. (Invited Presentation). Latino Identity Politics Research: Problems and Opportunities. Presented at the conference Latino Politics: The State of the Discipline. Sponsored by: The Project for Equity, Representation and Governance. University of Texas, Department of Government. Texas A&M University, Department of Political Science. Texas A&M University, College Station. April 30 - May 1, 2004. (Invited Presentation). Race, Religion, and Community Organizing: The Industrial Areas Foundation Network in Texas. April 3, 2003 @ 4:00 P.M. in Mitchell Hall. Grassroots Organizations and Environmental Racism. April 4, 2003, 9:30 A.M. in the Rose Theatre. University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. (Invited Presentation). The Origin and Impact of Mexican American Support for Third-Party Candidates: The Case of La Raza Unida in the 1972 Texas Gubernatorial Election. Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, August 29-September 1, 2002.
Race, Class, and the Left: Mexican American Perspectives. Presentation delivered at Radfest, Aurora University George Williams Lake Geneva Campus May 31-June 2, 2002 "Heeding the Call: Mexican American Votes for La Raza Unida in the 1972 Texas Gubernatorial Election." With Rodolfo Espino III. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Long Beach Hilton, Long Beach, California, March 21-23, 2002. "Bankrolling Mexican American Politics: Social Movement Politics and Philanthropy." Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. One Dream Many Voices: The Mexican American Women s National Association. Presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park August 31 September 3, 2000. Standing for the Whole: Mexican American Identity, Politics and the Industrial Areas Foundation Network. Presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta Hilton and Towers and Atlanta Marriott Marquis, September 2-5, 1999. Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Social Movement Organizations. Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place and Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers, September 3-6, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts. Identity, Interest, and Race: Organizing the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce. Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-31, 1997, Washington, D.C. "Professional Advocacy in the Mexican American Community: The National Council of La Raza, Southwest Voter Registration Project and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund." Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1-4, 1994, New York City. "Mexican Americans and the Environment: The Struggle for Equity and Justice." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 10-12, 1994, Albuquerque, New Mexico. "From Social Movement to Staff Organization: Professional Advocacy in the Mexican American Community." Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2-5, 1993, Washington, D.C.
"The Politics of Environmental Justice in Mexican American Neighborhoods," Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 15-17, 1993, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. "Organizing Mexican Women in the El Paso Garment Industry: La Mujer Obrera." Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 3-6, 1992, Chicago, Illinois. "Community Development Corporations in the Mexican American Community: From Political Activism to Institutionalization." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 18-21, 1992. "From Political Movement to Interest Group Competition: The Rise of Mexican American Professional Interest Groups." Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 29-September 1, 1991, Washington, D.C. "After the Chicano Movement: the Emergence of Business and Professional Interest Groups in the Mexican American Community." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 21-23, 1991, Seattle, Washington. "Organizing the Mexican American Community in Texas: Saul Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation." Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 13-15, 1989, Chicago, Illinois. "Ideology and Political Activism in the Mexican American Community: The League of United Latin American Citizens." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 10-12, 1988, San Francisco, California. "Mexican American Organizing and Institutional Effectiveness." Presented at the Conference on Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Advanced Industrial Democracies, December 5-7, 1987, University of Notre Dame. "The Politics of Ethnicity and the League of United Latin American Citizens." Presented at the symposium, A Political Agenda for Chicano Empowerment, September 19, 1986, University of Texas at El Paso. "The League of United Latin American Citizens and the Problems of Organizational Maintenance." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 20-23, 1986, Eugene, Oregon. "The Politics of Conservatism: The League of United Latin American Citizens, 1945-1965. Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-September 1, 1985, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"The Politics of Assimilation and the League of United Latin American Citizens." Presented at Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 28-30, 1985, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Power and Politics in a Chicano Barrio." Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual meeting, April 12-14, 1984, Sacramento, California. "Que Pasa Cuando Los Inquilinos Se Levantan? A Report on Political Movements in A Chicano Barrio." Presented at the National Association for Chicano Studies Annual Conference, April 14-16, 1983, Ypsilanti, Michigan. "Economic Structural Analysis and the Problem of Race." Presented at the National Association for Chicano Studies Conference, April 2-4, 1981, Riverside, California. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: Director, Chicano/Latino Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014; 2015 to the present. Director of the Chicano Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995 to 1997. Consultant to Institute of International Education. Coordinator of a United States Agency on International Development, Nicaraguan job training program. Madison, Wisconsin, July 1982 to February 1983. Director, Chicano Student Programs (responsibilities included: counseling, recruiting, and cultural programs). University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1980 to 1981. FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Spanish (reading and speaking) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Political Science Association, 1979 to present. Midwest Political Science Association, 1992 to present. Southwestern Social Science Association, 1985 to present. Western Political Science Association, 1983 to present. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Reviewer, Research Grants, Graduate Fellowships National Science Foundation, 2007 to 2016. Reviewer, Graduate Fellowship Program, Ford Foundation. 2012 to 2016. Manuscript reviewer for numerous scholarly presses including Western Historical Quarterly, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Temple University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, and the University of Kansas Press. Member, Latino Caucus for the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003 to present. Chair, Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, for the 2004 Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Chair, Western Political Science Association Dissertation Award Committee, 2012-13. Co-Chair, Division on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, for the 2003 American Political Science Association Conference. Chair, Best Paper Awards Committee for the American Political Science Association section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2004. Co-Chair, Latino Caucus for the American Political Science Association, 2001 to 2004. Member, Best Book Awards Committee for the American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2001 and 2006. Member, Editorial Board, Urban Affairs Review, 1996 to present. Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 1994 to present. Member, Executive Council, The Western Political Science Association, 1991 to 1994. Coordinator, Section on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, The Western Political Science Association, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 2000-2001. Coordinator, Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, The Midwest Political Science Association, 1995-96. Member, Committee on the Status of Latinos and Latinas in the Profession, The American Political Science Association, 1985 to present.
Co-Chair, Section on Race and Ethnicity, The American Political Science Association, 1998 to 1999. Chair, Committee on the Status of Latinos and Latinas in the Profession, The American Political Science Association, 1996 to 1999. Chair, Committee on the Status of Chicanos, Western Political Science Association, 1986 to 1988. Member, Committee on the Status of Latino/as in the Profession, Western Political Science Association, 1986 to 1990; 2008 to the present. Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, Western Political Science Association, 1988 to 1990. REFERENCES: Available upon request